Nymphomyiidae

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iNymphomyiidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Nematocera
Infraorder: Blephariceromorpha
Family: Nymphomyiidae

The Nymphomyiidae are a family of slender, delicate flies (Diptera). Larvae are found among aquatic mosses in small, rapid streams in northern regions of the world. Many fossil species and a few extant species are known. Under an alternative classification, they are considered the only living representatives of a separate, archaic suborder called "Archidiptera".

[edit] References

  • Courtney, G.W. 1994. Biosystematics of the Nymphomyiidae (Insecta: Diptera): life history, morphology, and phylogenetic relationships. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 550: 1-41.
  • Cutten, F.E.A. & Kevan, D.K.McE. 1970. The Nymphomyiidae (Diptera) with special reference to Palaeodipteron walkeri Ide and its larva in Quebec, and a description of a new genus and species from India. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 48: 1-24.
  • Ide, F.P. 1965. A fly of the archaic family Nymphomyiidae (Diptera) from North America. Canadian Entomologist, 97: 496-507.
  • Wagner, R., C. Hoffeins, & H.W. Hoffeins. 2000. A fossil nymphomyiid (Diptera) from the Baltic and Bitterfeld amber. Systematic Entomology 25, 115-120.
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